Canadian nuclear medicine specialist Nordion Inc. (TSX:NDN) say it has a preliminary agreement to sell a European division to Best Medical International Inc. Nordion, formerly part of MDS Inc. before it was split up, said it will sell three of the division's lines of business and keep a fourth...

Clinical trial treatments aim to discover if a drug is safe, has side effects, and works better than established treatments. They offer important opportunities for patients to access the most innovative treatments for cancer, giving them the best possible chance of survival or extended...

(Radiological Society of North America) An expert panel will convene at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America to discuss medical imaging appropriateness, ionizing radiation from imaging procedures and efforts under way to curb overutilization, decrease radiation...

Biotech company Sequenom Inc. said Wednesday it intends to mount an underwritten public offering of its common stock.The company didn't specify the size of the offering.Jefferies & Company Inc. is the sole book-running manager for the offering.Shares fell 55 cents, or 8.1 percent, to $6.26 in...

Genex Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it bought the workers' compensation and disability case management business of Intracorp, a unit of health insurer Cigna Corp., in a stock dealCigna is keeping the rest of Philadelphia-based Intracorp, which also provides health management and wellness...

Medical device maker Stereotaxis Inc. said Wednesday it sold 4.6 million shares of stock at $3.65 per share.The company sold 4 million shares to the public, and the underwriters of the offering exercised an option to buy another 600,000 shares. Stereotaxis received $16.8 million in proceeds,...

Medical device maker Stereotaxis Inc. said Wednesday it sold 4.6
million shares of stock at $3.65 per share.The company sold 4
million shares to the public, and the underwriters of the offering
exercised an option to buy another 600,000 shares. Stereotaxis
received $16.8 million in proceeds,...

(University of Georgia) University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be as or more important than health factors.

Immediate availability of a newly developed high-frequency MEMS oscillator has been announced by IQD. The IQMS-900 series MEMS (micro electro mechanical systems) oscillator is available in an exceptionally wide frequency range from 1MHz up to 800MHz.

National physician group Mednax Inc. said Monday it is buying the pediatric critical care physician practice group Pediatric Critical Care Associates for an undisclosed amount.Pediatric Critical Care, with six physicians, provides a range of services to patients in the pediatric intensive care...

IPC The Hospitalist Company Inc., a physician group practice company, said Wednesday it bought Senior Care of Colorado PC of Aurora.IPC said Senior Care provides geriatric care at about than 200 facilities in the Denver area, and sees around 200,000 patients per year. The deal expands IPC's...